Parameter: particulate inorganic carbon flux in seawater

Short Description: 
particulate inorganic carbon flux in seawater
Short Name: 
flux_PIC_mass
Official Name: 
mass flux PIC
Units: 
mass per unit area per unit time
Description

Mass flux PIC: The mass of particulate inorganic carbon passing through unit area of the water column per unit time. Particulate inorganic carbon is carbon bound in molecules ionically that may be liberated from the particles as carbon dioxide by acidification.